"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.